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'David Whish-Wilson’s Perth is a place of surprising beauty, of sand-swept peace and brilliant light, yet a place where the deeper historical currents are never too far beneath the surface. Like the Swan River that flows in two directions at once at certain times, with the fresh water flowing seawards above the salty water flowing in beneath it, Perth strikes perfect harmony with the city’s contradictions and eccentricities.

'We look beyond shiny glass facades and boosterish talk of mining booms to the richness of the natural world and the trailblazers, the rebels, the occasional ghost and the ordinary people that bring Australia’s remotest city to life.' (Publication summary)

Notes

  • Dedication: For Ollie and Jean, Jack and Doreen, Tony and Rosemary, and Bella, Max, Fairlie and Luka.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Sydney, New South Wales,: NewSouth Publishing , 2013 .
      image of person or book cover 3517754766561309460.jpg
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      Extent: 292p.
      ISBN: 9781742233673 (paperback), 9781742246611 (ebook : pdf), 9781742241623 (ebook : epub : kindle)
      Series: y separately published work icon Cities NewSouth Publishing (publisher), Sydney : NewSouth Publishing , 2009- Z1730249 2009 series - publisher prose

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[Untitled] Deborah Bogle , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 26 April 2014; (p. 25)

— Review of Perth David Whish-Wilson , 2013 single work prose
Perthward Anne Partlon , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , February no. 358 2014; (p. 27-28)

— Review of Perth David Whish-Wilson , 2013 single work prose
Celebrating Our Far Western City of Contradictions Gail Jones , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 1-2 March 2014; (p. 31) The Age , 1 March 2014; (p. 31)

— Review of Perth David Whish-Wilson , 2013 single work prose
Mining a City of Dreams Richard King , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 7-8 December 2013; (p. 21)

— Review of Perth David Whish-Wilson , 2013 single work prose
Portrait of Growing Pains William Yeoman , 2013 single work column
— Appears in: The West Australian , 3 December (p. 8)
Perth William Yeoman , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 26 November 2013; (p. 6)

— Review of Perth David Whish-Wilson , 2013 single work prose
Mining a City of Dreams Richard King , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 7-8 December 2013; (p. 21)

— Review of Perth David Whish-Wilson , 2013 single work prose
Celebrating Our Far Western City of Contradictions Gail Jones , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 1-2 March 2014; (p. 31) The Age , 1 March 2014; (p. 31)

— Review of Perth David Whish-Wilson , 2013 single work prose
Perthward Anne Partlon , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , February no. 358 2014; (p. 27-28)

— Review of Perth David Whish-Wilson , 2013 single work prose
[Untitled] Deborah Bogle , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 26 April 2014; (p. 25)

— Review of Perth David Whish-Wilson , 2013 single work prose
Portrait of Growing Pains William Yeoman , 2013 single work column
— Appears in: The West Australian , 3 December (p. 8)
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